Sunday, December 1, 2013

Thanksgiving With A Side Of...

How is it that what starts as a holiday ends as just a harder return to regular life? I mean, on Thursday, it was all about food. With a side of gratitude. Friday was all about leftover food. With a side of shopping. Saturday was all about "some other kind of food, please." With a side of transit and traffic. But today--today is just a Sunday. With a side of "wiped out from the weekend." And the additional side of expectations that things have been done--it was a long weekend, after all. It all seemed so simple when it was just turkey and the sides.

Alas, Thanksgiving and its weekend are over. Back to regular life. With sides of early alarms, tight deadlines, and dinners far more likely to be spaghetti than poultry. What started as a holiday and ended as a long weekend playing catchup is done for another year.

So, back to regular life. But if we did this weekend well, perhaps it will be regular life--with a side of Thanksgiving.

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